Melbourne’s Public Housing Hard Lockdown: An Interview With Victorian Socialists’ Kath Larkin
Around 500 Victoria police officers were deployed to nine public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington on Saturday to enforce a “hard lockdown”, which means 3,000-odd residents are now confined to their flats for at least five days –...
Victorian / NSW Border Closure: An Outline of the Rules
The New South Wales / Victorian border closed today, after hundreds of Victorians continue to be infected with COVID-19. For those living on or near the border, with work commitments, friends and family on the other side, there is a...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 June to 5 July 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What is the Meaning of Consent in Sexual Assault Cases? A former NSW police officer is on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman while...
What is the Offence of Grooming a Child for Unlawful Sexual Activity?
The Jeffrey Epstein case has all the hallmarks of the conduct exposed by the #MeToo movement: A wealthy man in a powerful position taking advantage of vulnerable young women. But there is a significant difference. In the case of Jeffrey...
Reignited Calls for a Dubbo Rehabilitation Centre, Reflect a Wider Regional Issue
Dubbo Country Labor Deputy Mayor Stephen Lawrence has reinvigorated calls for the establishment of a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in the central western NSW town he represents, signalling an issue that’s symptomatic of many regional and rural areas in...
Coalition Continues Assault on Universities
Prime minister Scott Morrison and his Canberra cronies have taken the moment afforded by the COVID crisis to continue the Coalition’s long-term assault on universities, especially those departments that are producing academics that don’t toe the Liberal Party line. In...
Alternatives to Calling the Police in New South Wales
The police killing of George Floyd in the United States has led to protests across the globe calling for changes to policing - including an end to police brutality and the targeting of certain groups, as well as better training....
Beijing Imposes Draconian Laws to Stamp Out Dissent in Hong Kong
At 11 pm on 30 June, Beijing revealed its secretly-drafted National Security Law to the citizenry of Hong Kong, the city where the new legislation applies. The suite of anti-sedition laws took effect at that same time, and they’re already...
“Reclaiming and Changing Laws”: An Interview With Gumbaynggirr Conservation Group’s Sandy Greenwood
The anti-logging campaign the Gumbaynggirr Conservation Group has recently launched in northern NSW is doing exceedingly well. And the word is that the model it’s using to gain all the traction may soon be mirrored across the continent. Back in...
Australia Has a Black History: An Interview With Gadigal Elder Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor
The Gadigal people are the traditional custodians of the area now known as the Sydney CBD. Prior to any event, demonstration or address taking place on that land, it’s protocol to pay respects to Gadigal elders past, present and emerging....
